Land Property Transactions and the Hungarian Land Consolidation Strategy

Land Property Transactionsand the

Hungarian Land Consolidation Strategy

Land Property Transactionsand the

Hungarian Land Consolidation Strategy

B. MárkusJ. Nyiri

B. MárkusJ. Nyiri

ContentsContents

• Some facts about the land market• The acquisition of the ownership rights of

arable land• Hungarian private persons and legal entities• Acquisition of ownership by foreign nationals• Transaction possibilities for foreign citizens

• Control of acquisition of ownership• Right of first refusal upon transfer of arable land

• Land lease• Guiding principles of Land Policy • The Land Consolidation Strategy

Pilot Projects for Land ConsolidationPilot Projects for Land Consolidation

TAMA 1

TAMA 2

PRIDE

TALC

OTKA 1997-2000

BIME

The TAMA ProjectThe TAMA Project

The German – Hungarian co-operation on• Computer aided land consolidation TAMA 1 (1993-1999)• Pilot on the integration of land consolidation into

establishment rural development programme TAMA 2

(1999-2000)

Spin-off:• Capacity building in Land offices on County

and Districts level,• Rural development-oriented institutional

networking,• Establishment of appropriate vocational

training partly in international co-operation (OLLO, LIME, etc.)

Pilot Projects for Land Consolidation Pilot Projects for Land Consolidation

TAMA 1

TAMA Project on Land ConsolidationTAMA Project on Land Consolidation

1994-2000 bilateral (GER-HU) co-operation 5 counties with 4-4 settelements and 3 micro regions selected.

Achivements:• Expertise and know how transfer (bfb

Kiel)• Contribution for Legislation Development• Education and Training• Awareness raising and PR (local to

central)• Methodology development applicable in

integrated rural development

Preconditions for succesful Land Consolidation

Preconditions for succesful Land Consolidation

Positive:Political will, economic need,

institutional/personal commitment and expertise

Negative:Still lack of the facilitating Act on Land ConsolidationShortage in capitals, lack of motivations

Land market: 4-3 million properties transactions registered yearly. Estimated average for lands:Less than 100 000 HUF/hectares

OTKA 1997-2000Land Consolidation before 2000


Preparation and organisational work

• Raw data and documents• Briefing the inhabitants of settlement



• Decree of the Land Consolidation• Guarantee of the Necessary Expenses



Execution• 1. Land Consolidation Committee (Tasks of LCC)• 2. Definite Plan annunciation, guarantee for

expenses • 3. Viewpoints and Principles of Planning • 4. Implementation of the Project• 5. Registering

Some recent activities Some recent activities

• Study for the present state of the land tenure database (supported by FAO)

• Dutch-Hungarian project on the Practice of Integrated Rural Development (PRIDE)

• Land and mapping contribution to the Tisza Agreement

• Project on „Property rights and land market projcet for EU Candidate and Balkan Countries”

• TALC

TALC (Technical Assistance in Land

Consolidation)

TALC (Technical Assistance in Land

Consolidation)

Dutch-Hungarian on Land Consolidation pilots projectDutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature management and Fisheries, represented by the Government Service for Rural Areas (DLG)

The main task of TALC is to produce certain outlines and papers about LC to MARD :

„The foundation of the Hungarian strategy on property structure and land consolidation”

Land Consolidation STRATEGYLand Consolidation STRATEGY

Initiatiation

Landowners, land users, self government

Central arrangement

RemedyMARD

Supreme Court

Re-exanimation of the Conditions

(County Land Office)decision after the conciliation for the

predestination(County Land Office/Comissioner)


PREPARATION

Creation of theLand Consolidation Committee (LCC)

Land Office, Self Government, County Office of Land affairs, manager of small region,

farmers


Preparation• Marking and identification of Project

area (settlement, block, land use)• Measuring of claim• Planning of the process

Schedule and Previous Budgetary

LCC and Experts


EXCECUTION

Previously planning of the Land Consolidation

1. Revision of the water- and road network 2. Concentration of the parcels


Reconsiliation of the Authorities’ interest• Special authorities• Water affairs, Land development, Architectural

authorities, etc.

Review Meeting on the Parcels Locationat the Villages

(LCC)


• Set up the new line of the constructive works

• In case of the complex settlement charge for the executive planning

Reconsiliation of Individual interest

Claims of the land owners or land users


Permanent detailed plan for the land consolidation

Reconsiliation of Authorities, coordination

Control of the Land Office and Building Affairs Authority

Approval


Set up The new Parcels Boundary

Taking possession

Settling of the ExpensesCompensation

(Value differences)

Contract, agreement


Put in the Land Register and in the Maps

Review

RemedyLand office, MARD, Court

ConclusionConclusion

The management of LC is a complicated and complex process wich includes the following:

Coordination at national levelCoordination at local levelImplementation („execution”)Opportunity for legal remedy

Priority tasksPriority tasks

Definite Governmental Land Tenure PolicyNew legislation and expected further actions

By the way• The legal background of LC• EU conform institutional development of the Land

Administration• Educational and vocational training• Creatinf the financial and other conditions• Public acceptance and preparation• Land related informations: pillar for the National

Spatial Data Infrastucture for multipurpose use

BIMEBIME

The main tasks are as follows:

• 1.) Development of a GIS-based model for decision support

• 2.) Integration heterogeneous data sources

• 3.) Analysis of multi-criteria, multi-function decision models

• 4.) Investigations on visualization techniques

• 5.) Modelling land valuation processes

GISS 2005GISS 2005

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